ADVOCATES working on today's most pressing issues—from mental and physical health, to environmental and safety issues, to the arts and education—learn the LPA Method at their own pace through the book, Living Proof: Telling Your Story to Make a Difference, or in workshops hosted by mission-driven organizations.
Here are just a few.
Rex Butler
Advocacy: Saving lives by educating others about opioid addiction
Backstory: Brother became addicted after surgery and overdosed
Learned Method at a workshop hosted by the National Safety Council
“Now I can share my story without letting my emotions control the moment. It gives me peace and pride knowing that Bill did not die senselessly.”
Christina Sparrock
Jacob Smith
Advocacy: Workplace mental health
Backstory: Managing mental health conditions and thriving due to right support and choices
Learned Method at a workshop hosted by the The Stability Network
“I don’t want anyone to suffer the way I did. So I ask others to join me in imagining a day when people can share their diagnoses without fear of retaliation or discrimination.”
Advocacy: Safe and equitable mobility
Backstory: Survived a head-on collision with a distracted driver.
Learned Method at a workshop hosted by the National Safety Council.
“Every story and every advocacy message isn’t for every audience. That’s one thing I learned going from speaking to high school students to now, speaking at policy conferences.”
Rebekah Edmondson
Advocacy: Afghan women evacuated to the U.S
Backstory: Trained Afghan women warfighters
Learned Method as part of her LPA Coaching Certification training
“Step one is finding your voice and believing in what you’re doing and that the effort and the time you’re putting into it is worthwhile.”
Gayathri Ramprasad
Advocacy: Mental health
Backstory: Successfully living with mental health condition
Learned Method at a workshop hosted by the The Stability Network
“I was born and raised in a country where the phrase on all of our flags and our currency is Satyameva Jayate: truth alone triumphs. We are only as sick as the secrets we keep. ”
Amanda Powell
Advocacy: Maternal Health
Backstory: Vice president of the Maine State Breastfeeding Coalition
Learned Method in a graduate course at Bastyr University
“In airports, there are more pet relief areas than there are breastfeeding rooms. It’s easier to relieve your pet than to feed your child.”
Dina Piersawl
Advocacy: Women’s heart health
Backstory: Misdiagnosed stroke survivor
Learned Method at a workshop hosted by WomenHeart: The National Coalition of Women with Heart Disease
“I knew I couldn’t remain silent because other women are misdiagnosed horribly. I needed to use myself as an example to help others.”
Sarah Hargreaves and Drake Larsen
Advocacy: Conservation and sustainable agriculture
Backstory: Ecologists and farmers
Learned Method at a workshop hosted the Practical Farmers of Iowa
“I share why reconnecting ecology and farming has huge benefits to all of us: to our families, our communities, as well as animals and the environment.”
Jim Kuhn
Advocacy: Sarcoidosis awareness
Backstory: Living with sarcoidosis, a rare disease
Learned Method at workshops hosted by the Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research
“Throughout my history, both corporate and ministry, I have been through numerous communication training sessions, but none as effective as Living Proof. ”